Susie Schofield
Alumni Officer
Alleyn’s School
Townley Road
London SE22 8SU
020 8557 1466
(Mon-Thu)
alumni@alleyns.org.uk
www.edwardalleynclub.com
www.alleyns.org.uk
Welcome to the Advent 2008 issue of the Alleyn’s Alumni Ebulletin
You will see immediately that I have changed the format of the ebulletin for this issue.
This is because - I am delighted to say - I have been deluged with items of news about alumni. To have put all the information into one email would probably have caused ether meltdown for the Edward Alleyn Club and its members! So, as a short-term measure, for this issue I have summarised each news item and provided links for you to find out more. I would be grateful if you could let me know how you would like to receive future ebulletins by taking part in an online poll

In this issue, you can find out about the Club’s integration with the School. The Club’s Executive Committee – and especially chairman, John Dunley, and Clubhouse Manager, Keith Rodwell, have done sterling work on making sure the final agreement was to both the School’s and the Club’s advantage.

Alleyn’s alumni are spread all over the UK – not to mention globally – and it’s gratifying to learn that the Townley Road school days are not forgotten. If you’d like to set up a regional branch of the Edward Alleyn Club, please contact me and I can put word out about it to any Alleyn’s Old Girls and Old Boys who live in your area. For those of you who live in the Midlands, read on for details about a possible regional reunion being planned.		 You will see that I’m also looking for reunion champions, those of you who can help with sending out details of reunions and functions for your years and class groups.

If you’d like to set up a reunion but know there isn’t an obvious one due, why not set up an informal one at Founder’s Day? Two happened in this year’s Pimm’s Tent and were deemed a success by all who attended. Peter Rodway has already ear-marked a sixtieth one for his Upper Sixth class of 1949. If you’re interested to find out more about setting one up or joining Peter’s party, please get in touch.

Do remember to visit the Club’s website – it is updated regularly with news of alumni, the Club and the School. Let me know if there’s a project of yours that you’d like posted on to it. And finally, please remember to update your email addresses and any other contact details should they change.

I wish you a happy Christmas and a peaceful 2009.

Susannah Schofield
Alumni Officer

P.S. If you left this summer, don’t forget there’s a reunion for you happening on Tuesday 30 December at the Clubhouse!

Alumni News | School News | Club News | What Happened To? | Nostalgia Alley | Diary
 
Integration update
Many of you will be aware that the Club is currently in the process of integrating more closely with the School in order to secure the longer term future of the EAC. Ever increasing costs necessitate greater access to resources both financial and in terms of expertise in areas the Club has hitherto not had to engage. Relieving us of these problems will help us to give better facilities to the sports sections whilst also helping us to engage more widely with our ever increasing membership which now numbers some 5,000.

The mechanics of this integration process are threefold. The surrender of our lease back to Dulwich Estate; the granting of a new lease by the Estate to the School and a 'legal' agreement with the School to ensure the Club’s future usage of the Burbage Road facilities. The three documents require to be executed simultaneously and we are steadily making progress towards that end. Agreement has been reached with Dulwich Estate over the surrender of our lease which will avail it the opportunity to regain control of the 14 garages which form part of our current lease. The financial benefit of this surrender will be donated by the Club to the forthcoming Bursary Appeal being launched by the School next year. We are currently awaiting the draft lease between the Estate and the School and are in process of drawing up an outline agreement to discuss with the School.

Once ready the Club’s Executive will have to approve the terms of the process and we will then engage with the sporting sections to ensure the widest possible consent before concluding the matter. The bringing together of these three documents at the same time has proved more time-consuming than initially hoped largely due to the fact that each agreement is dependent upon the others; however, once completed it will secure the Club’s future for at least the next 35 years and possibly considerably longer, bringing with it improved facilities for our members whilst assisting the School to enhance its charitable status in terms of community benefits and the provision of educational facilities for some who may not otherwise be able to afford them.

John Dunley, Chairman, Executive, EAC

Alumni news
School news
Club news
What happened to?
Nostalgia alley
Forthcoming events
  • West Side Story – 10-13 December, Michael Croft Theatre
  • 2008 Leavers’ Reunion – 30 December, Clubhouse
  • Copy deadline for Alumni Ebulletin – 2 February
  • Festival of Performing Arts – 1 March, Edward Alleyn Building
  • Copy deadline for EAC Magazine – 6 March
  • EAC Council Meeting – 10 March, Clubhouse
  • 20 & 30-year Reunion – 13 June, Alleyn’s School
  • Founder’s Day –  27 June, Alleyn’s School
  • 10-Year Reunion –  26 September, Clubhouse

The next issue will be due in the Lent Term. Please send in short items
(no longer than 100 words) and photos (jpgs) by Monday 2 February to me

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